City of Fredericktown, MO In General

[R.O. 2013 § 725.020; Ord. No. 201 § 1; Ord. No. 61 § 2; Ord. No. 68-12; Ord. No. 83-4 § 2, 2-14-1983; Ord. No. 06-19 § 2, 4-24-2006]

Within City Limits. In addition to the rates for the use of water in the City, there shall be imposed and collected against lots, parcels of land or premises having an active sewer connection with the sewerage system of the City a sewer charge per month as may be established by the City from time to time, which shall be collected by the City Light and Water Department in the same scanner as the fees for the use of water furnished by the City.

Outside City Limits. Property owners owning property outside the corporate limits of the City, whose property has heretofore been connected to and remains connected to existing sewers within the City limits, shall pay and keep maintained, at their expense, all necessary sewer connections. A set of plans and sewer profiles shall be kept on file by such property owners, which such plans and profiles shall remain subject to approval by the State Clean Water Commission and the City for such sewer connections as have heretofore been made to existing City sewers from outside the corporate limits. Where the customer resides outside the City limits and is connected only to the City sewer system and does not use City water, his/her monthly sewer services charge or annual minimum sewer cost shall be in an amount as set from time to time by the City and a security deposit must be made with the City Light and Water Department upon application for sewer service as provided herein. All other provisions in this Chapter applicable to sewer connections inside the corporate limits shall also be fully applicable to sewer connections outside the corporate limits. From and after the date of the passage of this Section, no further connections shall be made to existing sewers within the corporate limits for any property or customer where said property and such connection is outside of the corporate limits of the City.

Trailer Parks. When a lot or parcel of land is used as a court for house trailers or trailer park, the charge for active sewer connection with the City sewerage system shall be as follows:

If the owner of the trailer park furnishes all water and electric service used by the patrons of such park, the sewer charge shall be fifty percent (50%) of the amount of the water usage charge and shall be added to the monthly water billing and paid monthly.

If the individual trailer owner has his/her own electric service and meter, the customer shall pay the monthly charge as established from time to time by the City for active sewer connection and such amount shall be added to the monthly electric billing and paid monthly.

[R.O. 2013 § 725.030; Ord. No. 61 § 2; Ord. No. 06-19 § 2, 4-24-2006]

Sewerage services as provided by the City shall be deemed to be furnished to both the applicant, occupant and owner of the premises receiving such service, and the City shall have the power to sue the occupant or owner of such real estate in a civil action to recover any sums due for such services, plus a reasonable attorney's fee to be fixed by the court. The City shall have the right to disconnect any water connection for non-payment of sewer charges as provided in Section 705.060 of this Code after ten (10) days' written notice of the delinquency of the sewerage service charges as herein provided. In addition, upon request of a sewer provider that has contracted with the City, for the failure of any customer to pay a delinquent sewer bill, if that customer is a user of the sewer provider as provided in Section 393.016, RSMo., the City shall disconnect any water connection in the manner provided in this Chapter for non-payment.